Minimalist Quotes · Page 2

I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't…

— Morton Feldman

Gertrude Stein, all courage and will, is a soldier of minimalism. Her work, unlike the resonating silences in the art of Samuel…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

When I say that there's commonality, I mean more in terms of the sort of techniques by which we perceive Baroque and…

— Mahan Esfahani

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

— The Edge

“Decluttering and downsizing before I am forced to do so also means my kids will have less work and stress when I…

— Lisa J. Shultz

I'm a minimalist in a rapper's body.

— Kanye West

“Clutter may rob us of the life we imagined or prevent us from creating a new vision for our future.”

— Lisa J. Shultz

I always have separated myself from my critiques of collections. My judgment is not about whether I would wear it - but…

— Suzy Menkes

It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music.

— Dwight Yoakam

I tend to like poems that are short as well as funny. I love Joe Brainard and Aram Saroyan. And I think…

— Elaine Equi

As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with…

— Colleen Atwood

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

— Richard Eyre

I'll never be a minimalist. The fact that the prose is more tightly controlled doesn't for a minute mean that it's minimalist.…

— China Mieville

“It’s one thing to have all that you need. It’s another thing to recognize that you have all you need.”

— Toyin Omofoye

In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be…

— Ludovico Einaudi

Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in…

— Martin Amis

What makes Steve [Jobs'] methodology different from everyone else's is that he always believed the most important decisions you make are not…

— John Sculley

I'm more eclectic.Maybe I'm minimalist in the respect that I love black...black for the winter, white for the summer, you know? But…

— Donna Karan

I like sparseness. There's something about that minimalist feel that can make something have an immediate impact and make it unique. I'll…

— Britt Daniel

If one had taken what is necessary to cover one's needs and had left the rest to those who are in need,…

— Saint Basil

I'm quite a physical person and I gesticulate a lot, which can be a problem when you're in Hollywood and they do…

— Gemma Arterton

I think Calvin [Klein] is a minimalist.

— Donna Karan

If I have ideas, I want to put them in the movie. It's not a minimalist approach at all but I feel…

— Wes Anderson

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

— Bob Newhart

I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not.

— Gordon Willis